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Carol
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That's quite a laundry list, GG! But all are positive, I think. Even the fact that your dh and Lovely Daughter have gotten your delightful bug should be some solace in that it probably isn't something organically wrong with you. And a transcript to teach is a path to a job and financial independence! Tell us more about the retreat this summer? All I could tell from the link is that it's outside the US and possibly in Ireland?

Glad you're feeling so much better and that I'm not the only one who goes online to look for opportunities for Son (who next week is also having wisdom teeth out). The end of the school year is always such a mixed blessing: the conclusion is near, but oh so much to do to get there.*debbi*

Why Gannet? Why Search the Sea?

Gannets are enormous and sleek creamy-white seabirds, with black wingtips, yellow heads and necks, and startlingly outlined eyes. They nest on the rocky cliffs of the European and North American coasts of the North Atlantic and, once grown, spend their days sailing across the ocean. The acrobatics by which they make their living ~ steep climbs into the air and speedy plunges straight into the sea ~ are rivaled only by those of pelicans.
What better metaphor for a sweeping search of one's life choices and opportunities than a gannet extended above the waves, a regal and yet restless surveyor of the vast ocean surface? The gannet reminds us that life is an adventure in both beauty and profound unease, and that the sea itself is limitless in its textures and possibilities.